The Best Graphics Cards (GPU) for Your Gaming PC

It's a weird time to buy a GPU. The latest Nvidia GeForce 50 Series graphics cards are technically released, but actually getting your hands on one requires active effort, or spending well over MSRP. If you can find one, the performance is impressive, at least for most of the cards, but patience will pay off as launch demand drops and stock hopefully stabilizes.

Shortly after, AMD fired back with the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, and stock has been a little more prevalent than the Nvidia options, but not by much. These two cards have price points very close to each other, and fall right in the middle of Nvidia’s offerings.

I’ll walk through some general buying strategy, show off my favorite graphics cards, and help you figure out how to actually purchase one of these elusive new GPUs. Want to learn more about building ...